Harold E. Brooks

13.5k citations

123 papers · 9.1k indexed · 2 hit papers · h-index 50

Impact in

Atmospheric Science top 0.1%
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
Global and Planetary Change top 0.1%
- Climate variability and models
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Fire effects on ecosystems

Papers in ⓘ

Atmospheric Science 111
- Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations 110
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research 32
- Precipitation Measurement and Analysis 8
Global and Planetary Change 107
- Climate variability and models 86
- Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics 19
- Fire effects on ecosystems 14
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics 8

Co-authors: Charles A. Doswell (25 shared papers)Robert A. Maddox (2 shared papers)Jeffrey P. Craven (2 shared papers)Mateusz Taszarek (11 shared papers)Michael P. Kay (3 shared papers)James W. Lee (1 shared paper)David J. Stensrud (6 shared papers)Vittorio A. Gensini (4 shared papers)
Journals: Weather and Forecasting (41 papers)Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (17 papers)Atmospheric Research (13 papers)Monthly Weather Review (8 papers)Journal of Climate (4 papers)
Partner nations: United States Poland United Kingdom

In The Last Decade

Harold E. Brooks

123 papers receiving 8.6k citations

Hit Papers

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The spatial distribution of severe thunderstorm and tornado environments from global reanalysis data 2003 · 502 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2003 Atmospheric Research
1996 Weather and Forecasting

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1	Flash Flood Forecasting: An Ingredients-Based Methodology Weather and Forecasting ·Charles A. Doswell, Harold E. Brooks, Robert A. Maddox Hit paper breakdown →	1996	866
2	The spatial distribution of severe thunderstorm and tornado environments from global reanalysis data Atmospheric Research ·Harold E. Brooks, James W. Lee, Jeffrey P. Craven Hit paper breakdown →	2003	502
3	Convective Modes for Significant Severe Thunderstorms in the Contiguous United States. Part I: Storm Classification and Climatology Weather and Forecasting ·Bryan T. Smith, Richard L. Thompson, Jeremy S. Grams, Chris Broyles, Harold E. Brooks	2012	304
4	Climatological Estimates of Local Daily Tornado Probability for the United States Weather and Forecasting ·Harold E. Brooks, Charles A. Doswell, Michael P. Kay	2003	284
5	Changes in severe thunderstorm environment frequency during the 21st century caused by anthropogenically enhanced global radiative forcing Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Robert J. Trapp, Noah S. Diffenbaugh, Harold E. Brooks, Michael E. Baldwin, Eric D. Robinsòn, Jeremy S. Pal	2007	284
6	Severe thunderstorms and climate change Atmospheric Research ·Harold E. Brooks	2012	270
7	On the Environments of Tornadic and Nontornadic Mesocyclones Weather and Forecasting ·Harold E. Brooks, Charles A. Doswell, J. Cooper	1994	259
8	Evolution of the U.S. Tornado Database: 1954–2003 Weather and Forecasting ·Stephanie M. Verbout, Harold E. Brooks, Lance M. Leslie, David M. Schultz	2006	241
9	A Review of Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterization Schemes and Their Sensitivity in Simulating Southeastern U.S. Cold Season Severe Weather Environments Weather and Forecasting ·Ariel Cohen, Steven M. Cavallo, Michael C. Coniglio, Harold E. Brooks	2015	231
10	Climatological Estimates of Daily Local Nontornadic Severe Thunderstorm Probability for the United States Weather and Forecasting ·Charles A. Doswell, Harold E. Brooks, Michael P. Kay	2005	197
11	On the implementation of the enhanced Fujita scale in the USA Atmospheric Research ·Charles A. Doswell, Harold E. Brooks, Nikolai Dotzek	2008	181
12	An Objective High-Resolution Hail Climatology of the Contiguous United States Weather and Forecasting ·John L. Cintineo, Travis M. Smith, Valliappa Lakshmanan, Harold E. Brooks, Kiel L. Ortega	2012	174
13	Progress and challenges with Warn-on-Forecast Atmospheric Research ·David J. Stensrud, Louis J. Wicker, Ming Xue, Daniel T. Dawson, Nusrat Yussouf, Dustan M. Wheatley, Therese E. Thompson, Nathan Snook, Travis M. Smith, Alexander D. Schenkman, Corey K. Potvin, Edward R. Mansell, Ting Lei, Kristin M. Kuhlman, Youngsun Jung, Thomas A. Jones, Jidong Gao, Michael C. Coniglio, Harold E. Brooks, Keith Brewster	2012	173
14	Tornadoes from Squall Lines and Bow Echoes. Part I: Climatological Distribution Weather and Forecasting ·Robert J. Trapp, Sarah A. Tessendorf, Elaine Godfrey, Harold E. Brooks	2005	165
15	Using Ensembles for Short-Range Forecasting Monthly Weather Review ·David J. Stensrud, Harold E. Brooks, Jun Du, M. Steven Tracton, Eric Rogers	1999	164
16	On the Relationship of Tornado Path Length and Width to Intensity Weather and Forecasting ·Harold E. Brooks	2004	154
17	Climate and Hazardous Convective Weather Michael K. Tippett, John T. Allen, Vittorio A. Gensini, Harold E. Brooks	2015	148
18	Severe Convective Storms across Europe and the United States. Part II: ERA5 Environments Associated with Lightning, Large Hail, Severe Wind, and Tornadoes Journal of Climate ·Mateusz Taszarek, John T. Allen, Tomáš Púčik, Kimberly A. Hoogewind, Harold E. Brooks	2020	146
19	Comparison between Observed Convective Cloud-Base Heights and Lifting Condensation Level for Two Different Lifted Parcels Weather and Forecasting ·Jeffrey P. Craven, Ryan E. Jewell, Harold E. Brooks	2002	133
20	Precipitation Forecasting Using a Neural Network Weather and Forecasting ·T. A. Hall, Harold E. Brooks, Charles A. Doswell	1999	132

About Harold E. Brooks

Harold E. Brooks is a scholar working on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Environmental Engineering, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design, having authored 123 papers that have together received 9.1k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations (110 papers), Climate variability and models (86 papers), Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research (32 papers), Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics (19 papers), Fire effects on ecosystems (14 papers), Wind and Air Flow Studies (13 papers), Precipitation Measurement and Analysis (8 papers) and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics (8 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Atmospheric Science (7.9k citations), Global and Planetary Change (7.7k citations), Environmental Engineering (1.5k citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (361 citations) and Earth-Surface Processes (131 citations). Harold E. Brooks has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Poland and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Charles A. Doswell, Robert A. Maddox, Jeffrey P. Craven, Mateusz Taszarek, Michael P. Kay, James W. Lee, David J. Stensrud, Vittorio A. Gensini, John T. Allen and Robert J. Trapp. Their work appears in journals such as Weather and Forecasting, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Atmospheric Research, Monthly Weather Review and Journal of Climate.

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